By Richard McCormack One American company selling a widely produced global product that the U.S. government says could be used by rogue states against American national security interests has found a way around U.S. government export controls. Zoltek Corp., a St. Louis-based manufacturer of carbon-fiber, uses its factory in Hungary…
By Richard A. McCormack It might not be very long before Silicon Valley, Calif., starts to take on the characteristics of Shenango Valley, Penn., if state and national policies don't change to encourage investment in manufacturing and high-tech production, says Hank Nothhaft, president, CEO and chairman of the board of…
By Richard A. McCormack Small- and medium-sized American manufacturing companies are feeling better about their prospects, as compared to last year at this time, but they remain cautious about the future. They are also worried about U.S. government policies that are increasing the costs of doing business in the United…
By Dr. Richard Weitz The United States possess the only fifth-generation fighter currently in service, the F-22A Raptor stealth fighter, which entered the U.S. Air Force in 1997. The Russian Federation is hoping to join this exalted category in the next few years, with its new fighter plane, which began…
Highlights of the presentation made last month at Spain-based Airbus final assembly lines provide insights into the basic configuration of the aircraft, a customer update, and some interesting comments on the engineering and industrial solutions for working with partners.
During the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase, wings have been built in the more traditional military aircraft assembly approach of building around stations. The parts and components come to the station and the wing is assembled over a period of months at the station.
BY CONSTANTINE J. PAPPAS Why does a program that performs 400 percent better than its Technical Development Plan requires, has been fielded on over 100 ships, delivered under schedule and under budget, and performs with a weapons systems effectiveness factor that is 12 percent higher than its nearest competitor get…
AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL ANDERSON "Where did the private sector supply chain go? It’s kind of simple…the commercial sector supply chain has right-sized itself to respond to current and anticipated future demand.The private sector acted rationally based on signals from the government…shrinking demand from the customer triggers shrinking revenue flow…
